Only two weeks old, a Vietnamese pot-bellied piglet pokes snout and feet through the bars of its enclosure in the Moo-ternaty Ward barn at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa.

The cutest grunt of the litter:

Only two weeks old, a Vietnamese pot-bellied piglet pokes snout and feet through the bars of its enclosure in the Moo-ternaty Ward barn at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa.

Photo: Vragovic, Will, Associated Press

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Dangerously dry:

In any normal February, these fields on Nathan Carver's ranch near Delano in California's Central Valley would be lush emerald green. But the worst drought in decades has reduced the landscape to a dessicated brown, leaving the 55-year-old father of four praying for rain.

White lioness Azira, who gave birth to three cubs about a week ago, is a smother
mother. Andrzej Pabich, owner of a private zoo in Borysew, Poland, says white lion mothers often reject their
cubs, but Azira has been patiently feeding and caring for her little ones.

Margarito, the mascot for the 2014 Caribbean baseball series rests his head on a table and his body in a chair during a game between Dominican Republic's Tigres de Licey and Venezuela's Navegantes del Magallanes on Margarita Island, Venezuela.

A bright umbrella on Fifth Avenue contrasts with the monotone cityscape at an entrance to Central Park in Manhattan.

New York in the snow:

A bright umbrella on Fifth Avenue contrasts with the monotone cityscape at an entrance to Central Park in Manhattan.

Photo: Stan Honda, AFP/Getty Images

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Track bed washed away:

High tides and strong winds collapsed a sea wall in Dawlish, England, undermining the railroad tracks that sit on it. The winter storm disrupted road and rail networks, damaged coastal properties and left thousands without power.

A helicopter lowers a rescue worker into a Spanish cargo ship that slammed into a jetty and broke in two in rough seas off Anglet, France. Twelve sailors were rescued from the ship with one suffering from injuries. The ship had been heading to a nearby port to load up with cargo when its engine failed, and the waves carried it into the jetty. Officials feared it was leaking fuel.